Week Two Reflection

This week I've struggled with the idea of narrowing down my action research topics. I had a hard time deciding which would be best for me, even with my site supervisor's feedback. I finally decided to stick with the one that I'd originally planned to focus on, which is improving my students' reading levels. She expressed concern previously about the need for school wide test scores to improve, particularly reading scores, and I just felt that it would be most beneficial for me to include my personal classroom needs with my action research project. I hope to be very successful with this particular wondering so that I may share my findings with my team and other staff members of the school.
Thankfully, this week's assignments allowed me to explore different areas in which I could possibly research and provided a greater understanding of the importance of research. I truly feel that I've chosen a topic that is most suitable to me.

Possible Adminstrative Blog Uses

Administrators may use blogs in order to share research articles, findings that he or she has discovered through action research, or even new ideas and trends in education. Blogs can also be interactive, because readers can provide feedback to the posts.

What Is Action Research?

After learning that there are specific types of research, I've realized that action research is very beneficial in the world of education. It is a very important and intricate process that allows researchers and learners to not only dig deep into a topic, but to find solutions to problems, ways to improve situations, etc. and become a stakeholder by implementing his or her findings in a setting in which they will be beneficial to all parties involved. Simple research is basically just gathering data on a specific topic, and then analyzing the findings, which will not provide the learner with as much opportunity to have ownership of the findings, because the information is not necessarily being applied to a situation. I’m definitely supportive of learning to perform action research as a leader in my school in hopes that I will find ways to provide improvement, growth, and guidance as much as possible. I want to model this behavior so that others may follow in my footsteps and perform their own action research projects, whether it is classroom level or school wide. During my action research for this course, I plan to gather and analyze as much data as possible and learn all aspects of action research so that I can become comfortable with process.